Exact Quotes
734 quotes by 633 authors
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
— Francis Bacon
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I think my exact comment was that if Bush won it would be a good time to leave the United States. I'm not necessarily going…
— Alec Baldwin
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Human relations are built on feeling, not on reason or knowledge. And feeling is not an exact science; like all spiritual qualities, it has the…
— Amelia Barr
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The end of my addiction to fame happened at the exact moment 'Roseanne' dropped out of the top ten, in the seventh of our nine…
— Roseanne Barr
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Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore…
— Joseph Addison
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Politics is not an exact science.
— Otto von Bismarck
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The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.
— Jean de la Bruyere
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
— Edmund Burke
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Life is not an exact science, it is an art.
— Samuel Butler
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It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.
— Samuel Butler
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At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far…
— Albert Camus
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In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.
— Thomas Carlyle
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Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.
— Cesar Chavez
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I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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My former bullies pay extra to come backstage and meet me after shows, and I pretend not to know them in front of their friends.…
— Margaret Cho
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For in disease the most voluntary or most special movements, faculties, etc., suffer first and most, that is in an order the exact opposite of…
— John Hughlings Jackson
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I have never seen a river that I could not love. Moving water... has a fascinating vitality. It has power and grace and associations. It…
— Roderick Haig-Brown
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If thou beest ever so exact in thy morals, and not a worshiper of God, then thou art an atheist.
— William Gurnall
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Hence, in a state of nature, no man had any moral power to deprive another of his life, limbs, property, or liberty; nor the least…
— Alexander Hamilton
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We have always tried to concentrate on the long term, and to place bets on technology we believe will have a significant impact over time.…
— Larry Page
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